Dockside
I turned unused space around the macOS Dock into a workspace
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HN · launched Jul 3, 2026 · 5 upvotes (top 89%) · 0 views
Niche: macos system utilities · 448 launches, 37 in the last 7 days ▼ -8% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Workflow automation
- Prosumer
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
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More like this: all 448 launches in macos system utilities →
Could you build this?
Yes It is a native macOS shelf utility managing window frames, pasteboard events, and drag-and-drop file staging, all of which are standard AppKit and SwiftUI capabilities easily built with AI assistance.
Discussion
4 comments analyzed.
Competitors mentioned: Space Drop, Dropzone, Spotlight, Cmd+Tab
Concerns raised: Dock takes up unnecessary screen space
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 955 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #871 of 956 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 239 days after the earliest competitor.
- Reader · hn · 2026-09-19 · 5 upvotes · similarity 0.61
- DockEcho · github · 2026-11-09 · 10 upvotes · similarity 0.60
- macOS window switcher replacement that keeps each Space separate · hn · 2026-10-25 · 5 upvotes · similarity 0.59
- PejavaDock · ph · 2026-10-15 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.58
- docklayout · ph · 2026-09-26 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.58
- GhostVM · hn · 2026-03-16 · 7 upvotes · similarity 0.55
- boringBar · hn · 2026-04-12 · 520 upvotes · similarity 0.54
- dockerlabs · github · 2026-09-17 · 37 upvotes · similarity 0.54
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